Code of Professional Responsibility and Accountability (CPRA)
Section 56. Accounting and turn over upon termination of engagement. - A lawyer who is discharged from or terminates the engagement shall, subject to an attorney's lien, immediately render a full account of and tum over all documents, evidence, funds, and properties belonging to the client. The lawyer shall cooperate with the chosen successor in the orderly transfer of the legal matter, including all information necessary for the efficient handling of the client's representation. A lawyer shall have a lien upon the funds, documents, and papers of the client which have lawfully come into his or her possession and may retain the same until the fair and reasonable fees and disbursements have been paid, and may apply such funds to the satisfaction thereof.